Flags at half-mast honor fallen soldier

Published
June 19, 2014

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has directed that flags on state government
buildings—including those at UB—be flown at half-mast
on June 27 in honor of a Fort Drum soldier who died in Sar Rowzah,
Afghanistan, on June 23.

Spc. Javier Sanchez Jr. of Greenfield, Calif., died of wounds
suffered when his unit was attacked with an improvised explosive
device while on mounted patrol. He was assigned to the Special
Troops Battalion of the 10th Mountain Division’s 2nd Brigade
Combat Team.

Cuomo has ordered that flags on all state buildings be lowered
to half-mast in honor of and tribute to New York service members
who are killed in action or die in a combat zone.